Patents by Inventor Christopher R. Millsaps

Christopher R. Millsaps has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic port accumulation
    Patent number: 8327042
    Abstract: In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for configuring a plurality of input/output (I/O) interconnect switch ports is provided, the method comprising: starting a link training and status state machine (LTSSM) for each of the plurality of ports; placing each of the LTSSMs in a receiver detect state; changing all of the LTSSMs to a polling state only once receivers are detected or timeouts occur in the receiver detect states in each of the LTSSMs; changing all of the LTSSMs to a configuration state only once polling is successful or timeouts occur in the polling states in each of the LTSSMs; and completing the configuration state of each of the LTSSMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: PLX Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher R. Millsaps